Pyrops ruehli | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
Family: | Fulgoridae |
Genus: | Pyrops |
Species: | P. ruehli |
Binomial name | |
Pyrops ruehli Schmid, 1926 | |
Synonyms | |
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Pyrops ruehli is a species of lanternfly. [1]
It is found only on the island of Sumatra. [2] It was recorded from Malaysia, but that record is based on Pyrops pyrorhynchus midentified as ruehli. [3]
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